Middle English Dictionary Entry
postille n.
Entry Info
| Forms | postille n. Also postil. |
| Etymology | OF postille & ML postilla. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A note or commentary on a Scriptural passage.
Associated quotations
- (c1395) WBible(2) Prol.Is.(Roy 1.C.8)p.225 : This seith a postille on Jeroms prolog on Ysaie.
- c1450 WBible(2) Prol.1 Cor.(2) (Em 108)4.686b : A postille here: 'Poul wroot this pistil to Corinthis, that ben of Acaie,' [etc.].
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)131.621 (v.2:p.356) : Mayster Alexander, bysshop Vindomence, tellyth in hys postills vpon this word of the sautyr 'Misericorida et vertias obuiauerunt & cetera, that ther was a scolyr in Bononye...